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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LurkMonkey" data-source="post: 5301273" data-attributes="member: 68949">Oh don't get me wrong. I am thrilled they did put out so much stuff. I am a fanboi after all. I should have also mentioned in my original post that I waited until the 3e era to pick up about 50% of the pieces of my collection, so in effect, TSR didn't get any cash for them. I did the same with Spelljammer and Ravenloft over the last decade through bargain hunting. Were there completionists? Sure! There was you and me, and I'm sure hundreds (maybe thousands) of others. But even then, I couldn't keep pace, so I only bought what I needed (I thought) at the time to run my game. My assertion was that even the hard core had a hard time buying all the products they were sending out. I did buy all the Planescape box sets , but there were other settings they were pumping out mass suppliments and box sets for that I either had little interest in besides the 'core' setting (Dark Sun/Ravenloft/Greyhawk) or never even got one piece for ( FR/Hollow Earth/Birthright/Dragonlance). Heck, I just found out about an interesting 2e setting I'd never even heard of not a week ago when I started a thread about favorite settings! (Jakandor). I am glad all that info is out there, but at the time, barring winning the lottery, I wouldn't have gotten everything for even my most favorite setting. And I think that TSR's business suffered by developing/producing/publishng all that stuff, even though I think a lot of it was very good quality. I mean, remember the green series of historical campaign settings? I LOVE those books! They are a gold mine of info on converting a setting to a historical theme. But there were SIX of them, all @$15. I got mine off eBay in 2000.  Contrast this to 3e. A hardcover every month, roundabouts. I could do that. I even got the Forgotten Realm HC that time around =). It was a lot easier to keep abreast of things. It costs money to produce gaming material. And it demands a profit on the investment. As a fan, I love that they did produce it, but I will still shake my head sadly at the descisions businesswise to do it. There was just too much in too short a window (IMO).</blockquote>

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